Grilled Cheese Month: Cheesie's, Chicago

There are grilled cheeses far and wide, for good reason. Many of them are good. Some, great. For April, Grilled Cheese Month, we'll be trying grilled cheeses from all over, and dispensing a little wisdom along the way.

Is it possible for a grilled cheese to feel light? Yes, if you've had The Caprese sandwich at Cheesie's Pub & Grub, Chicago's latest grilled cheese-focused place. It's open until 5 a.m. on weekends and caters to the crowds leaving Wrigleyville and other nearby bars. As far as drunk food goes, eating the Caprese's melted mozzarella, black pepper, tomatoes, and basil on thick slices of sourdough somehow ends up feeling like more flavor than fatty — even if tinges of grease on your fingers reminds you that the sandwich probably involves a fair amount of oil. But a quick dunk into a creamy pesto dip, and BAM, fool your drunk self into thinking the calories aren't that bad.